* [[http://stormingtheivorytower.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/everybody-hates-grant-ward-woobie.html This article]] makes a case for Grant Ward of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' deconstructing the type of AntiHero Ward is. * ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' ** The character [[ArmouredClosetGay Riley]] is a deconstruction of the gym bunny gay trope. Although, its usually played for laughs on other TV shows, its implied that Riley's masculinity and steroid use are attempts to compensate for his sexuality.** Paige's rape is a deconstruction of RapePortrayedAsRedemption. Paige is not only raped, but years later when she brings her rapist to trial, [[spoiler: she doesn't win the trial case and Dean suffers absolutely no consequences]]. As a result, Paige begins to act out and even [[spoiler: steals Spinner's car and crashes it into Dean's as revenge]] before realizing something most girls should: it was a terrible experience, but it shouldn't consume one's life. She then confesses to everything and completely throws this ugly chapter out of her life, but [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption becomes a better person because of it]].** The belief that all people need to be comforted until fully healed is deconstructed at its fullest [[spoiler: after Cam's suicide]] through Eli and Clare. Having [[spoiler: discovered Cam's dead body]], Eli was clearly distraught and afraid, but such a thing is normal. Clare knows that she must be there for Eli, and attempts to help him as much as possible with his grieving. The thing is, every time they meet up, she brings up [[spoiler: Cam's suicide]], constantly reminding Eli of the event and keeping him from moving on. As a result, he begins to distance himself from her and [[spoiler: experiments with MDMA]], until ending their relationship for the second time.* The new ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' deconstructed the maverick/rogue trope with Starbuck. Ron Moore played the trope straight, even admitting using it slightly unrealistically by having Starbuck be as good a sharpshooter out of the cockpit as in the cockpit too. Yet they showed exactly how messed up and driven by demons that person would have to be to be that good and yet that much of a loose cannon. And of course, the consequences in military and personal terms for those actions as well.* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' makes it a point to show just how badly a teenager would be affected BecauseDestinySaysSo and being forced to constantly move around the country, with the only people he can trust being his mother and a [[EmotionlessGirl very scary]] RobotGirl.** The whole "robot learning to act human" plot portrayed as adorable in the movies is seen as frightening and unnatural in the series.** John Connor himself is a {{Deconstruction}} of the FutureBadass, in that he's always known he's going to become one. The series pulls no punches with putting him through the traumas and harsh life lessons that would turn somebody into one. He's also frequently seen asking characters from the future (who are often disappointed and frustrated that he's still just a kid) what his future self would do in a given situation.** "Self-Made Man" asks [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} wouldn't it be great]] [[BrutalHonesty if Cameron]] [[NoSocialSkills was your friend]]. In the end, she drove away the only friend she had but that's okay he has a replacement whom she can exploit.* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is partially based on this, taking tropes related to monsters from myth and legend ([[MonsterOfTheWeek of the week]])and deconstructing the hell out of them. Call it 75% [[OurMonstersAreDifferent establishing a unique universe]] and 25% this trope.** Around Season Two, they started deconstructing AManIsNotAVirgin with Dean. Sure, he's [[ReallyGetsAround Mr Yo-Yo Boxers]] but it's compulsive, his own brother believes that he's a whore with no standards and he's on his way to getting a slightly nasty reputation.** It also began examining just how ''incredibly'' screwed up a person would have to be to lead the lifestyle hunters do. Although it never sacrifices its premise of being a fun show about two guys with a cool car hunting monsters, it gets very serious and thus very dark on these occasions.** ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' deconstructed {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s with Dean's "Deal With The Devil" storyline. He knows it was selfish and only did it because he should have stayed dead, feels like he's fucked up so much that he deserves eternal torture, he can't be without his brother and because John told him to look after Sam at all costs. For his part, Sam thinks it was self-righteous, hypocritical, suicidal and extremely selfish. As for the others -- Bobby ''finally'' realizes how broken Dean was and how much he hates himself, both the Crossroad Demons call it needy and Azazel knows it was self-destructive, pathetic and self-loathing. So Heroic Sacrifices? Not so noble after all -- more like selfish, pathetic, destructive and so very suicidal.** One episode deconstructs the idea of standing up to a bully. As a kid, Sam beat up a bully named Dirk and saddled him with an unflattering nickname, "The Jerk". This ruins Dirk's reputation and his life spiraled out of control as he grew up until he died of a drug overdose. It's only years later that Sam found out Dirk was also oppressed in school for being poor and stupid.** "Wishful Thinking" deconstructs a SatelliteLoveInterest in an example of a guy who made the wish that his high school crush would love him over anything else. At first, he is happy with this new situation but eventually, he becomes disheartened by the fact she literally has no other personality other than pleasing and loving him, even resorting to murder for him to maintain their "love".* The British Superhero comedy-drama, ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', is a deconstruction of the Superhero franchise. Getting powers that reflects one's personality isn't always a good thing. The main characters are all foul mouthed, drug taking delinquents, and yet THEY'RE the good guys. It's the girl who spreads the knowledge of virtue, the probation workers who keep the kids in line, the church pastor, and the woman in a coma who are the evil ones. And when you think about it, that actually makes a lot of sense. Out of all the five original main characters, only one of them ever came up with the idea of using their powers to help people, and it's TheQuietOne who's usually picked on. That's rare. To this day, none of the characters have become intentional super heroes. Superpowers in this show are also not what one would expect. The girl who you think would get super strength instead gets the power to read minds, the guy who you think would have either the best or worst power gets the power of immortality, which of course, only works for him and otherwise isn't truly useful. Not to mention the fact that some of these supers include a girl who can make people automatically want to have sex with her through skin contact (and can never turn this ability off), a girl who can give cheating or distrustful men STDs, a man who can turn into a woman, and an trans man who can take male genitallia. You don't get stuff like this on the Justice League.* ''FoylesWar'' deconstructs the myth of wartime Britain being a place where everyone pulled together to make a stand and fight the common foe; in the early years especially, there's an awful lot of defeatism, cynicism and would-be collaboration afoot, and there's more than a few people who are willing to cynically exploit the confusion, desperation and uncertainty produced by the war to venally line their own pockets. Furthermore, the British government is willing to do whatever it takes and make deals with whomever they need to win the war, resulting in an awful lot of {{Karma Houdini}}s in [=DCS=] Foyle's investigations.* Jasmine in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' could be considered a deconstructed MarySue; she's beautiful, her mother is in a coma, and from her first appearance, she completely [[SpotlightStealingSquad steals the spotlight]] from the main cast, who are instantly trying to help her accomplish her goals, while constantly talking about how wonderful she is. (Because they're {{Brainwashed}}!)** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' also deconstructs TheBigGuy. Charles Gunn resents being thought of as little more than "the muscle," and so make a (basically literal) DealWithTheDevil to gain intricate knowledge of the law, human and demon alike. To maintain this new skill, Gunn makes a second deal that [[spoiler:ends up killing someone he loved]]. He doesn't even realize that his upgrade has actually made him TheBigGuy version of a lawyer.* Season 6 episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' "Dead Things", consciously deconstructs the trope of MindControl by following it through to its unsettling conclusions. Led by [[StalkerWithACrush Warren]], the geeky Trio use a device to hypnotize Warren's ex-girlfriend into doing their bidding, even having her dressed up in a [[FetishFuel French maid's outfit]]. Jonathan and Andrew even giggle childishly about how cool the situation is ... until Warren takes his ex into another room and orders her to give him oral sex. She comes out of the trance, is utterly [[{{Squick}} squicked]] by what the Trio are doing and points out that it's ''rape''. [[spoiler: She is then killed by Warren in her attempt to escape the basement,]] and the Trio are sobered out of ever using their MindControl device again.** Buffy's whole arc that season can be considered a deconstruction of BackFromTheDead, and why it can be a ''bad'' idea. She was so miserable that season because of the contrast between heaven and earth, her life doesn't seem to matter without death, and the world pretty much completely overwhelmed her. How [[DeusAngstMachina crappy her life was]] that year doesn't help either.** The same season also deconstructs the FoeYay relationship [[DestructiveRomance by showing what would happen]] if a heroine and villain surrendered to their attraction to each other, with the [[SexIsViolence combat-as-sex metaphor]] becoming rough sex devoid of any tenderness, and their mutual ValuesDissonance culminating in [[spoiler:Spike's AttemptedRape of Buffy.]]** And, of course, Buffy deconstructed the MarySue even more blatantly than the Angel example above in "Superstar," in which Jonathan, having cast a spell on himself, becomes one not only overshadowing Buffy as one of the Scoobies but apparently the entire world, retconning himself into a famous basketball player (despite being shorter than Buffy), the star of ''The Matrix,'' and a strategic genius to whom even the most classified of military operations defer.** Buffy's status as TheChosenOne increasingly made her emotionally distant towards her family and friends.* ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' has deconstructed both the FagHag and [[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster the equating of gay people with vampires]]. One of the League members is gay.* The characters Han Won Soo and Mo Ji Ran from the KoreanDrama ''First Wives Club'' deconstructs the typical portrayal of the VictoriousChildhoodFriend. In order to be together, the childhood sweethearts cheated on their respective marital partners, with Ji Ran abandoning her family, and Won Soo [[DomesticAbuse beating up]] his wife when she doesn't want to sign their divorce papers.* In ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'', Parker and his team generally try to avoid WhyDontYaJustShootHim, even when they get a clear shot of the hostage taker. Because they want to ensure that casualties are miminal to none, which includes the life of the hostage-taker, only using lethal force as a last resort. Not to mention the show deconstructs the general idea that all hostage-takers are crazy, unbalanced criminals. The viewers get a chance to see what lead to the events, which are often because of misunderstandings or an emotional crisis. More than once, the hostage-takers never intended for things to spiral out of their control, which causes them to panic and things get messy, both for them and for the team.* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' deconstructs RunawayBride and how badly it affected Ted, who was trying to make everyone happy and especially the bride. He was left with serious emotional baggage that affected future relationships, which is not helped at all when that story is depicted in the [[ShowWithinAShow fictional movie]] ''Film/TheWeddingBride'' that plays him as a more traditional jerk who doesn't deserve the girl he is marrying. -->'''Ted:''' [regarding the film] I mean, the guy's life was shattered in a very public humiliation. What a hoot! It may be years before he can look certain family members in the eye again. He may be so emotionally traumatized, he never fully loves or trusts anyone ever again. It was hysterical!** In the seventh season, Victoria (Ted's first season girlfriend whom he reunites with) points out that because they are such a close knit group of friends, with Ted in the center, it has become near impossible for Ted to find someone who can enter that bubble. This is further shown as AmicableExes is deconstructed through the relationship of Ted and Barney with Robin after they had broke up on good terms. Ted's relationships fail because he is still thinking things might work out with Robin in the future. Likewise with Barney, this cost him greatly when [[spoiler: he slept with Robin while dating Nora.]]** In season 2, JourneyToFindOneself is taken apart when Lily abandons her loving fiancee and friends to go to an art course in San Francisco to open her horizons and fulfill her dreams to be an artist. But when she actually ''gets'' to San Francisco, she realizes that she's broken up the love of her life in the worst possible way and alienates her friends. She spends her time away alone and bitter, afraid that she ruined everything for herself. Lily's old life wasn't holding her back but provided love, happiness and stability. * ''Series/ColdCase'' deconstructed:** InWithTheInCrowd - A girl was murdered after finding out her friend had been gang raped as part of her initiation into the cheerleader squad. [[spoiler:The friend helped cover up the crime because she wanted to be popular]].** SaveOurStudents - A teacher is killed by [[spoiler:another teacher who's basically a jaded, older version of her, when she tries to get him to confess to drug use to save the future of the student he forced to carry for him. The student in question feels so responsible for her death that he descends into the life of crime he would've had without her intervention, despite his obvious talent as a writer.]]** RescueRomance - The one about a girl and her friend who got into a car accident and the fireman who saved her and eventually married. [[spoiler:He married her out of guilt because his carelessness during the rescue was what crippled her. The friend who was blamed for the accident found out so he had to die]].** NostalgiaFilter: UpToEleven, most of the time. Those happy, halcyon days of TheFifties, TheSixties, TheSeventies...and so forth? It was a CrapsackWorld of homophobia, racism, domestic violence, sexism, [[ValuesDissonance well-meaning, but awful ideas]], child abuse...all of it just as bad as now, but no one spoke about it.* ''EarthFinalConflict'' gives us a rare deconstruction of EnergyBeings: the energy-based taelons ''burn'' the energy they're made of simply by existing. It turns out that they are, for all intents and purposes, an evolutionary dead-end; they can't naturally reproduce, nor do they have the knowledge to synthesize the energy they're built on, so while an individual taelon with a full life-span would live for a thousand years, they've been dying out and are down to their last generation as the total reserves of core energy dwindle to nothing.* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' did this with the idea of an AlienInvasion in the special ''Children of Earth''. Instead of fighting the aliens back with {{BFG}}s and MoreDakka, Earth's leaders instead decided to heed the aliens' commands and almost ended up doing potentially very naughty things.* Mitchell from ''Series/BeingHuman'' is a deconstruction of the FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire. Blood as an addiction isn't a new metaphor, but consider how difficult it is for real people with real addiction to go a lifetime without falling off the wagon. For Mitchell, losing control means killing people, ''lots'' of people, and because he's immortal, it's inevitable that he'll fall off eventually. It happens at the end of series 2 and when his friends find out, they can't forgive Mitchell, even though he's genuinely remorseful.* Kamala from the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Perfect Mate" is a deconstruction of the RelationshipSue. As the title says, she is bred to be the perfect mate with whoever she's with, having no real desires or passions of her own.* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' subtly picks apart the ManicPixieDreamGirl and DoggedNiceGuy with Leonard's relationship with Penny. When they get together they are very happy, but the reality was that with Leonard having to convince her to date him there was a significant inequality between them. Leonard even commented that "It's understandable we are in different places, I've been in this relationship two years longer than you." They eventually broke up because she didn't know if she could reciprocate the strong feelings he had for her, but quickly realized that she not only helped build his confidence to be more successful in the dating pool but that from dating Leonard she couldn't go back to dating the dumb guys she did before.* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' deconstructs Phoebe's SerialRomeo lifestyle by showing how the endless stream of failed relationships, both human and magical, leaves her emotionally fragile and terrified of love. She even resorts to using her premonitions to see if the relationship will go anywhere on the first date and is punished by the Elders. However they eventually delve into reconstruction when Phoebe considers getting a sperm donor and realises that she doesn't just want a baby, she really does want to be in love and a cupid gets sent to help her overcome her problems.* Gabrielle from XenaWarriorPrincess deconstructs WideEyedIdealist since her unbending morals and naivete cause her to commit [[NiceJobBreakingItHero rash though well intentioned actions]].** "A Day in the Life" deconstructed ImprobableWeaponUser since Xena used the frying pan to fight off bad guys, they have no way to cook their food. She also used their knife the week before so Gabrielle is forced to use the chakram to slice fish which Xena did not like.** In their use of Callisto, the show deconstructed ButForMeItWasTuesday. Back in her warlord days, Xena led a raid on a village that involved an accidental fire that killed women and children. Though she felt regret, it didn't exactly keep her up at night. Years later, [[AllGrownUp Callisto turns up]], swearing vengeance for the deaths of her parents and sister in that raid, and confronting Xena with the fact that her past crimes have created a psychopath. It's not until this point that Xena realizes the full consequences of her actions and the fact that she's [[CreateYourOwnVillain unknowingly created her worst enemy]], a woman who doesn't want anything in life but to make Xena suffer. Xena's "Tuesday" ends up costing her dearly, both with her GuiltComplex and in all the chaos that Callisto causes.** The season 4 episode "A Good Day" deconstructed TrainingThePeacefulVillagers.* Tosh.0 deconstructed TooSoon in a blink it or miss it moment. During a video breakdown Tosh makes a joke that a guy falling two feet off a roof "Flailed like Saddam at the end of a noose." The audience is shocked by this joke until Tosh responds by saying. "Seriously? It's Too Soon for Saddam jokes...Do you guys miss Saddam?"* ''ICarly'' deconstructed EpicFail in the episodes ''iChristmas'' and ''iGot A Hot Room''. Spencer has an innate ability to cause things he creates or even ''touches'' to catch on fire. Normally they burst into flames and Spencer puts the fire out, like he did to a drum kit and a reception desk bell. In ''iChristmas'' he destroys all of their Christmas presents with his metal tree, and in ''iGot A Hot Room'' his lamp made of gummy bears causes Carly's room to be completely gutted by fire.** "iKiss" deconstructs FelonyMisdemeanor, in which everyone in whole school makes fun of Freddie for not having had a FirstKiss after Sam reveals it on the show. These incidents end up emotionally breaking Freddie so much that he cuts of all social contact, and Carly blasts Sam for the trouble she caused, stating that it all can't be done away with a simple apology.* ''NewGirl'' deconstructed the TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic when Jess couldn't get along with Nick's lawyer girlfriend from season 1. Jess' speech in the same episode deconstructs the RealWomenNeverWearDresses trope, responding to said girlfriend's mocking by saying that she is no less of a strong woman because of her girly behaviour and interests.* The British mini-series ''Series/DisConnected'' deconstructs TheCasanova and ReallyGetsAround; the character of Ben fancies himself a lady-killer, but all the female characters of substance find him repulsive (resulting in a GenderFlipped version of MyGirlIsNotASlut considering they label him "a little slut" and "a man-whore"), and he only manages to get lucky with unintelligent and/or slutty girls (deemed as such by their peers).* In response to Mitt Romney's claim that every business owner built their businesses themselves, Stephen Colbert on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' deconstructed the idea of the SelfMadeMan, first by firing all of his staff, then shutting down all the cameras and doing the show on his iPhone, lit by a desk lamp, and doing the word on a dry-erase board. The segment ends with him choking on the dry-erase marker's cap.--> '''Colbert:''' The only accomplishments I value are ones I create entirely by myself. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Thatís why Iím not that crazy about my children.]]* ''Series/TheFollowing'' deconstructs the idea of a ReligionOfEvil with Joe Carroll's cult of serial killers, showing it to be a self-defeating venture. An organzation composed almost entirely of murderous sociopaths couldn't possibly hold itself together, as sooner or later the collective dysfunctions of its individual members will cause the whole thing to fall apart. Forget about finding some kind of common purpose; these people can barely get through a day without almost killing each other. The only thing holding them together at all is the sheer force of Joe Carroll's personality, and since he's ''also'' a murderous sociopath with his own agenda that doesn't always jibe with what his followers want, that only goes so far.* ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' deconstructs the old classic Kamen Rider trope of having good monsters. For a while, the Kamen Rider Franchise had quite the number of monsters who become good guys, or at least be neutral with varying degrees of good, particularly in the Heisei era, where the monsters in most cases were either human once or took the guise of a human. Kamen Rider Wizard went both ways with that, as Phantoms ''were'' human, but were just essentially an inner demon ripping apart and taking control of their human host, called Gates. However, the show wags at the audience with the idea that not all Phantoms are evil, much like the previous shows. However, every time they did, they point out just how absurd that is when the Phantom's personality almost ''counterbalances'' the Gate's personality, as the Phantom uses the memories and feelings of their Gate and uses it to their advantage. In two cases, the Phantom managed to convince their victim that there's good in them... [[MoralEventHorizon only to kick them to the ground and dash any hopes of that]]. There ''is'' a case where a Phantom believes he's still human... [[spoiler:And he ''is'', but only because he was so evil to begin with that he pretty much ''became'' a Phantom as opposed to having a Phantom rip him apart]]. It's {{reconstructed}} with Haruto's Phantom, Dragon. Even if Dragon is a petty dick who only wants Haruto to fall to despair, he's somewhat surprised when Haruto begs him to lend some power and that he gives him hope. Eventually, he warms up to Haruto [[spoiler:and when he gets killed, revives as a being of pure hope, [[DeathEqualsRedemption ready to give Haruto all the hope he can muster]]]].** KamenRiderKuuga deconstructs the FinalBattle for the series. It wasn't some glorious final fight where the Kamen Rider makes one final speech, uses a spectacular weapon and defeats the great evil for good despite overwhelming odds. It was a no holds barred fist fight that Daguva wants out of Kuuga to see that he becomes exactly like him. The fact that Kuuga would become the new avatar of destruction and make humanity just like his people. Yusuke did not derive any enjoyment from the fight or the hope that Daguva's death will end everything, instead he cried throughout the entire fight. * ''JonathanCreek'' has an episode that deconstructs the ConnectTheDeaths trope. Three women have been murdered, and the police are at a loss to explain how or why. However, [[TheWatson Carla]] twigs to the fact that the women were called Heather, Rose and Iris, and goes on her crime show to share this news with the viewing public, telling them that the killer is symbolically "deflowering women". As it turns out, the first two deaths were done by a psychotic woman that had no discernable motive, and the third was by a police officer who used the first murders to cover up his own crime. That the women had floral names was a complete coincidence, and as Jonathan says at the wrap-up, the fact that Carla shared her bogus theory only resulted in mass panic among women named after a flower (including a woman called Coral, at least until Jonathan assures her that coral is actually an animal).* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' deconstructs the SpacePeople trope with the introduction of the "Travelers." As cool as it sounds to be a people that lives their entire lives on ships in interstellar space, by the time of the show it's proven to be a cultural dead end. Without access to planetary resources they're unable to build new ships. The ships they do have are aging clunkers kept running with scavenged parts, and none of them are replaceable. Their population growth has to be strictly controlled because they only have so much living space. They keep to themselves so much that most other civilizations aren't even aware of their existence, or else consider them untrustworthy scavengers who'll do anything to survive. They are slow to form alliances or expose themselves to situations that could lead to open conflicts, because they have so much to lose. Many have simply abandoned the Traveler lifestyle and integrated themselves into terrestrial societies.* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Trash" is a notable deconstruction of TheVamp (in the person of "[=YoSaffBridge=]"), showing how depressing and dehumanizing it can really be to be one, and how psychologically messed up someone would have to be to ''want'' to be one. Saff has completely mastered the art of seduction, but at the cost of any chance of ever having a meaningful relationship with another human being. After years of getting ahead through lying and manipulation, she's left a trail of abandoned identities behind her--to the point that even ''she'' barely knows who she is anymore--and a long line of men that she abandoned soon after marrying them for profit. At the end of the episode, Mal outright dismantles her whole M.O. in a well-timed TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, where he points out that people like him will always trump people like her--because unlike her, he has a devoted crew of TrueCompanions that will always have his back. In a pinch, well-earned loyalty always trumps cheap manipulation.* ''Series/TwoOfAKind'' deconstructed PapaWolf in one episode. Ashley has a crush on her tutor but discovers he has a girlfriend and is heartbroken. When Kevin finds out, he fires the tutor thinking it would help. Instead Ashley yells at him for meddling in her private business and Carrie points out how Kevin assumed he would be helping rather than actually asking Ashley about her feelings. Kevin eventually admits it was more out of a desire to come across as a hero - and hires the tutor back.* The first 2 seasons of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' deconstructed TheDutifulSon (or daughter, in this case) with Lady Mary, who was brought up believing family honor is everything even above personal happiness. She eventually falls in love with Matthew but her mother's pregnancy and possibility of finally having a male heir causes her break things off because Matthew would be title-less. When Cora loses the baby, Mary again tries to be with Matthew but he loses trust in her and believes her to be a GoldDigger. In season 2, Mary becomes engaged to Sir Richard who could provide for her even if everyone hates him. She breaks it off eventually and her father finally recognizes his fault in making Mary sacrifice love for honor. He tells her she can [[MarryForLove marry whoever she wants]] because a little scandal is worth it as long as his daughter is happy.* Several in ''{{Community}}''. ** LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality is taken apart in ''[[Recap/CommunityS3E07StudiesInModernMovement Studies In Modern Movement]]'' where (relatively) strait-laced Annie angrily calls out Troy and Abed that she is always the one who adapts to their silly antics and it isn't fair that they never meet halfway and adapt to ''her''.** ManicPixieDreamGirl and CloudCuckoolandersMinder is deconstructed in ''[[Recap/CommunityS3E12ContemporaryImpressionists Contemporary Impressionists]]''. Troy had been actively avoiding playing that role for Abed because he doesn't want to ruin Abed's fun and points out that Abed makes things more magical and fun for the rest of them. But by the end of the episode, it's seen how exhausting and irresponsible Abed can be and it puts a strain on Troy's friendship with him.** Britta's thing for [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys weirdos and jerks]] is a result of a lot of self-esteem issues and self-loathing on her part from childhood experiences, leading her to throw herself into those disastrous relationships as a subconscious way of validating her self-worth. Likewise, Annie's crush on Jeff is pointed out to be unhealthy due her issues of loneliness and being a bit of a ControlFreak who finds the idea of a man completely changing his identity for her appealing.** Annie's entire routine in ''[[Recap/CommunityS3E10RegionalHolidayMusic Regional Holiday Music]]'' as a BrainlessBeauty was this. She was dressed in a [[MsFanservice short-skirted outfit]] and began her song in a cutesy-dumb attitude, unlike her normally intelligent and straight-A personality. As the song continues, she dissolves into increasingly childish behavior to the point she was flopping on the ground spewing baby talk. Even Jeff (who she was trying to seduce) is incredibly turned off by this.** Season 5 deconstructs SuckySchool by showing how difficult everyone's lives after graduating from Greendale became due to having such an institution like Greendale. Jeff's CrusadingLawyer plans left him broke, Britta became a bartender at a sleazy bar, Abed retreated into programming as an escape, Troy is only counting on Abed's friendship to keep him going, Annie is stuck in a dead-end job and Shirley's lack of experience of running her own business led her to use up all her money and her husband taking the kids and leaving.